Originally Posted by DelDah Capt

I hate to rain on your parade, but worrying about which category you can move up in the fastest as a new hire is really only valid during a sustained and prolonged hiring cycle (the couple hundred we are taking on now doesn't count as a prolonged cycle). If you are not yet in class, basically no matter what plane you go to, you will be on the bottom until we start hiring again as rumored next year. From my understanding, even the few classes we have remaining to be filled will have Compass/Mesaba flows in them who wil presumably slot in above you if you are off the street.

With that said, in successive Advanced Entitlements, it is more likely that pilots senior to you would be bidding for the A320 holding you down on that list in terms of relative seniority as opposed to the 88 where openings are more likely to be filled via new hires. In the end though, the key is that you have a seniority number and it will move up eventually. I just have a feeling that you will be on reserve for a little while and I wouldn't get my hopes up for zooming up the list unless we really start a big hiring boom.